More vegetation for 1/35 scale

[Guest]

With no interest in the build recently with some much going on here , some will know and understand I've spent a lot of time in the garden, Christine's and mines favorite place out side of the house.

A short time ago I looked at some shop bought veg, and thought I could match it. Took a selection of Phlox leaves and put them in some glycerine and left . This morning finding some lovely long stemmed moss I removed the Phlox and put it in. Will only need a max of 2 weeks.

This what I've put out to dry.


Then one on the right is of course a fern, decided to try this as the lover segments may be usefull.

Once fully dry and boxed they will be painted as required.

JR

[Jim R]

Looks as if that's been successful. I'm sure they'll find a place in one of your eyecatching dios.

[Guest]

Looks as if that's been successful. I'm sure they'll find a place in one of your eyecatching dios.

I do hope so Jim, many thanks .

[Si Benson]

Nothing more satisfying than making your own bits and pieces like this :thumb2:

[Richard48]

Great idea John.Very satisfying as Si says.
Rich

[Guest]

Nothing more satisfying than making your own bits and pieces like this :thumb2:

Spot on Si.
Hope your all well .

Great idea John.Very satisfying as Si says.
Rich

Thanks Rich

[rtfoe]

They look great John. Definitely a satisfying detour and a good supplement to your future dios. Put a figure next to one of the plants so I can figure out what they'd be relevant for...I'm guessing tall undergrowth along footpaths.

Cheers,
Wabble

[boatman]

WELL JR what a crackin idea very well done my freind an save some dosh as well
ATB TO YOU SIR
chrisb an jen

[Guest]

Wobble,
I do worry about you sometimes, you sit in your lounge chair stroking your Albino cat Terrorist. When passing at night I see all sorts of flashing lights and hear weird noises - can you tell Christine to turn over as she is frighteng the Rottwieler.... But getting back to you, all of this experimenting has got to stop, just the other night I met a drunk Palm tree leaning against a lamp post wearing a bowler hat and asking for help to get back through the letterbox....

[boatman]

WELL ISITME thats gonna take some workin out how many pints have you had sir LOL
Chrisb

[Guest]

They look great John. Definitely a satisfying detour and a good supplement to your future dios. Put a figure next to one of the plants so I can figure out what they'd be relevant for...I'm guessing tall undergrowth along footpaths.

Cheers,
Wabble

Wabble, you would be able to cut them to size, as per the leaf joint. They would be a bit tall for normal vegetation in Europe if left the full hight.

WELL JR what a crackin idea very well done my freind an save some dosh as well
ATB TO YOU SIR
chrisb an jen

Thank you Chris.

Wobble,
I do worry about you sometimes, you sit in your lounge chair stroking your Albino cat Terrorist. When passing at night I see all sorts of flashing lights and hear weird noises - can you tell Christine to turn over as she is frighteng the Rottwieler.... But getting back to you, all of this experimenting has got to stop, just the other night I met a drunk Palm tree leaning against a lamp post wearing a bowler hat and asking for help to get back through the letterbox....

:smiling2::smiling2::smiling2::smiling2::smiling2: :smiling2::smiling2:

WELL ISITME thats gonna take some workin out how many pints have you had sir LOL
Chrisb

Not drink Chris, its the effect you get from inhalation of TET . Normally Wibble is ok, but at the coming of the end of summer he does have the odd turn. Regardless of this I still consider him to a good friend.

[vizenz]

Hey John, very interesting. Can you explain the process, how and why you do it? Do the plants then become durable or like plastic or how does it work?
Best regards,
Andreas

[Steve Ski]

Excellent. I've done this before myself, with a bit of a mess, but it's worth the effort for specific veggies required, no doubt. The key here is finding the stuff you'll need and it is not always an easy task. These all look great, John.

[Guest]

Hey John, very interesting. Can you explain the process, how and why you do it? Do the plants then become durable or like plastic or how does it work?
Best regards,
Andreas

certainly, Andreas, the idea is to preserve the plants , sea foam is perhaps the better known of all . Once dry they maintain their shape and last indefinitely. I've found some plants species like the sea foam go firm
, whilst others will be more pliable .

The method I use is as follows

Mix glycerine with water , 3 to 1. I use warm water for the initial mix, however I keep the mix now in some jars for small projects and don't bother with any warm water , mainly as it's mixed.

There are differing mixes given on the tube and many different methods.

Some people spray the sea foam over a bowl, then hang up to dry, allowing the plants to drip any mix onto paper placed below.Another method is to hang the plants from the top , fixed weights to the bottom of the steam and keep the plant into a straight.There is a video on UTube showing this , a search is most definite , I found this just now

might be of some help .

I prefer to completely immerse what ever I'm attempting, cover and leave for at least a week or two . Remove and wash off with fresh water .By now the plants will have absorbed enough mix .
Leave to dry, as it the case of the Phlox , but when I attempted pine branches using asparagus fern I weighed them down , like a press, placing the plant parts between paper and the placed a load of book on top .

Moss is very easy as it's small, just the right size for small plants on a dio .

Hope this helps .
Jr

[Guest]

Excellent. I've done this before myself, with a bit of a mess, but it's worth the effort for specific veggies required, no doubt. The key here is finding the stuff you'll need and it is not always an easy task. These all look great, John.

Thanks Steven , yes It can get messy, but the results are well worth the effort.